Business Architecture Readiness Assessment

Have you ever conducted or thought about doing a business architecture readiness assessment? When should you get started or accelerate your enterprise transformation thru business architecture and business capability modeling? Here is a simple self-assessment to help you determine the signs and symptoms that will necessitate a business architecture and business capability modeling program.

A simple self-assessment will help you determine the signs and symptoms that will necessitate a business architecture and business capability modeling program.

While creating a few business architecture artifacts and a few business capability models is in itself not a panacea, it will at least get started on the path to enterprise transformation. Score your company ratings on the following parameters and decide how desperately you need a business capability-driven change.

Business Architecture Readiness Assessment: 

Please answer these self-assessment questions (This is a simple set of questions to begin your journey.) A is the highest score, and D is the lowest. 

Business Strategy Alignment

  1. To what extent is business strategy effectively translated into operational plans?

    • A. Fully translated and consistently executed
    • B. Mostly translated, some execution inconsistencies
    • C. Partially translated, significant execution gaps
    • D. Not translated, no operational alignment

  2. How well do you understand the impact of the business strategy on business operations and systems?

    • A. Completely understood and modeled
    • B. Mostly understood and modeled
    • C. Partially understood and modeled
    • D. Not understood or modeled

  3. How well are changes in business strategy communicated and managed across the organization?

    • A. Excellent communication and management of changes
    • B. Good communication, some gaps in managing changes
    • C. Average communication, major gaps in managing changes
    • D. Poor or no communication, no management of changes

Governance & Organization

  1. Is there a dedicated team responsible for business architecture within your organization?

    • A. Yes, a fully staffed and functioning team
    • B. Yes, but it’s understaffed or under-skilled
    • C. No, but responsibilities are assigned to existing roles
    • D. No, there are no dedicated responsibilities

  2. How mature is the governance structure for managing business architecture?

    • A. Fully mature with clear roles and responsibilities
    • B. Partially mature with some clear roles and responsibilities
    • C. Immature with few clear roles and responsibilities
    • D. No governance structure in place

  3. How integrated is the business architecture practice within the broader enterprise architecture?

    • A. Fully integrated
    • B. Mostly integrated, some gaps
    • C. Partially integrated, significant gaps
    • D. Not integrated

Processes & Capabilities

  1. How comprehensive is your mapping of business processes and capabilities?

    • A. Complete mapping with full details
    • B. Mostly complete mapping, some details missing
    • C. Partial mapping with many details missing
    • D. No mapping was done

  2. How effectively do you manage and update your business processes and capabilities maps?

    • A. Excellent management and updating process
    • B. Good management, some gaps in updating process
    • C. Average management, significant gaps in updating process
    • D. Poor or no management, no updating process

  3. How well are business processes optimized for efficiency and effectiveness?

    • A. Fully optimized
    • B. Mostly optimized, minor inefficiencies
    • C. Partially optimized, significant inefficiencies
    • D. Not optimized, major inefficiencies

Tools & Technology

  1. Do you utilize specific tools for business architecture (e.g., enterprise architecture tools, business process modeling tools)?
  • A. Yes, advanced tools are extensively used
  • B. Yes, basic tools are used, and advanced tools are partially used
  • C. Yes, but only basic tools are used
  • D. No, tools are not used
  1. How effective is your use of technology to support business architecture activities?
  • A. Highly effective, enabling significant efficiency and quality
  • B. Mostly effective, enabling moderate efficiency and quality
  • C. Partially effective, limited efficiency and quality gains
  • D. Not effective, no efficiency or quality gains
  1. How well is data and information managed within your business architecture activities?
  • A. Excellent management, data fully leveraged for insights
  • B. Good management, data partially leveraged for insights
  • C. Average management, data rarely leveraged for insights
  • D. Poor or no management, data not leveraged for insights

If you need more than this questionnaire, please contact Capstera Consulting for a rapid business architecture readiness assessment.